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僕
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
仆
🇨🇳

servant

HSK 10 N1
Human →Relations →Occupations
pú
ボク
しもべ
복
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 菐 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (僕)
亻 person (side)+ 菐 thicket =
僕 servant
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
person
菐 Phonetic component
pú thicket
a thicket
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Simplified (仆)
亻 person (side)+ 卜 divination =
仆 to fall forward
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
卜 Phonetic component
bo divination
see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luó​bo]
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Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
僕
Regular
Modern
Chinese
仆 / 僕 [pú]
servant
Japanese
僕 、 下部 、 隷 (irreg.) しもべ 同音
noun usually kana servant; manservant; menial
僕 ぼく 、 ボク 同音
  1. pronoun male I; me
  2. pronoun colloquial you (when addressing a young boy)
  3. noun archaic manservant
僕 やつがれ 同音
pronoun archaichumble I; me
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
僕はスーザンに謝ろうと電話したのに、彼女ときたら一方的に電話を切っちゃったんだ。
I called Susan to apologize to her, but she hung up on me.
「ぼくだいじょうぶ？」といわれました。「だいじょうぶ」とこたえました。
I was asked, "You OK, kid?". I replied, "Fine."
Japanese Names
僕 すえお
Sueo unclassified name
僕 すえとも
Suetomo unclassified name
僕 すえひろ
Suehiro unclassified name
僕 すえよし
Sueyoshi unclassified name
僕 のりお
Norio unclassified name
僕 ほうよう
Houyou unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (16)
仆人 [pú​rén] #4,670
servant
女仆 [nǚ​pú] #6,857
female servant
公仆 [gōng​pú] #23,050
public servant
风尘仆仆 [fēng​chén​pú​pú] #51,057
lit. covered in dust (idiom)
奴仆 [nú​pú] #24,075
servant
主仆 [zhǔ​pú] #46,693
master and servant
仆役 [pú​yì] #37,549
servant
太仆 [tài​pú] #45,069
Grand Servant in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiǔ​qīng]
僮仆 [tóng​pú] #61,307
boy servant
太仆寺旗 [Tài​pū​sì​qí] #63,947
Taibus banner in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xī​lín​guō​lè​méng], Inner Mongolia
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JAPANESE WORDS (23)
⭐ 僕たち [ぼくたち] #3,172
we
⭐ 僕ら [ぼくら] #3,175
we
下僕 [げぼく] #13,464
manservant
臣 [おみ] #18,517
retainer
従僕 [じゅうぼく] #22,872
manservant
僕 [しもべ] #34,401
servant
公僕 [こうぼく] #62,749
public servant
神の僕 [かみのしもべ] #82,858
Servant of God
老僕 [ろうぼく] #87,078
elderly servant
家僕 [かぼく] #100,388
houseboy
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
공복
public servant